United Farm Workers' Union President Cesar Chavez (centre) joins CFU demonstration in downtown Vancouver.
"B.C. farmers - negotiate with the Canadian Farmworkers' Union now or you are going to make the same mistake growers in California made and you will see what organizing really is. Don't feel sorry for us - negotiate. There is no way you can turn the clock back. Accept and understand that the Canadian Farmworkers' Union is here for good. It's here to stay and it will be successful." - United Farm Workers' President Cesar Chavez at a CFU benefit dinner, April 16, 1981